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Translating Evidence into Disability Practice

Postgraduate | LTU-DIS504 | 2020

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Explore how lived experience, theory and research come together to inform the disability policies we live by today. Gain the confidence to be able to unpack the theory and design of programs used today – including their strengths and weaknesses. 

Study method
100% online
Assessments
100% online
Entry requirements
Part of a degree
Duration
-

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Translating Evidence into Disability Practice

About this subject

  • Note: This subject is a part of La Trobe University's Graduate Certificate and Graduate Diploma in Disability Practice, which will become available for application in Semester 2. Students who complete this subject in Semester 1 will be able to apply for credit towards these programs.

    Upon successful completion of this subject, students should be able to:

    • Synthesise information, concepts and theories surrounding areas of selected disability practice;
    • Interpret and transmit information about the different types of knowledge used in disability practice;
    • Reflect critically on the values and ideologies that inform contemporary aspects of disability practice;
    • Critically evaluate the effectiveness and impact of types of interventions or programs in disability practice;
    • Justify the need for an alternative intervention or program in disability practice;
    • Communicate research findings effectively and sensitively with colleagues, clients and the public.

Entry requirements

To enrol in this subject, you must be admitted into a degree.

Others

In order to enrol in this subject, students are required to apply to OUA's Postgraduate Single Subjects program (OUA-PSU-GCE).

https://www.open.edu.au/degrees/postgraduate-single-subjects-oua-oua-psu-gce?year=2019

Note: Students wishing to apply for either the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma in Disability Practice based on the completion of postgraduate single subjects should familiarise themselves with La Trobe's advanced standing policy. A maximum of two (2) or four (4) subjects may be credited to the Graduate Certificate or Graduate Diploma programs, respectively.

https://www.latrobe.edu.au/students/getting-started/new-students/advanced-standing

Additional requirements

  • Other requirements -

    1 x 10 hours unscheduled online class per week from week 10 to week 22.
    3 x 1 hour scheduled online class during semester, from week 10 to week 22

Study load

0.125 EFTSL
This is in the range of 10 to 12 hours of study each week.

Equivalent full time study load (EFTSL) is one way to calculate your study load. One (1.0) EFTSL is equivalent to a full-time study load for one year.

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